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Botanical Name: Senna auriculata
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: तरवड़
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: Shaped like an ear (referring to the shape of petiole)
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Smrutivan hill, Vetal Hill
Description: Deciduous shrub.Petiolate unipinnate leaf. Has characteristic auriculate or ear/kidney shaped stipule. Stacked gland on rachis at almost all leaflet pairs, none on petiole.Paripinnate leaflets in about 10-12 pairs of pinna.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.Flat, narrow pods.
Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Shrub
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Deciduous shrub.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Auriculate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf. Has characteristic auriculate or ear/kidney shaped stipule. Stacked gland on rachis at almost all leaflet pairs, none on petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Mucronate
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets in about 10-12 pairs of pinna.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: 5 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Basifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamens
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
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Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat, narrow pods.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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